g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 1 谁说婚姻定义没有改？
"Marriage"
When:
Lookups spiked on June 25, 2011.
Why:
New York became the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage.
Marriage has become a hot button definition, although its original sense –
"the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex" – has not
changed. However, because the word is used in phrases such as "same-sex
marriage" and "gay marriage" (by proponents and opponents alike), a second
definition was added to the dictionary to provide an accurate picture of the
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 2 【 以下文字转载自 WaterWorld 讨论区 】
发信人: ye88 (ye88), 信区: WaterWorld
标 题: 转一个American Born Chinese写的关于Jimmy kimmel 事件的看法
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Nov 3 23:44:40 2013, 美东)
今天一个朋友转过来的， 很长的英文， 不知道大家有没有兴趣看看。
Jimmy Kimmel - kill everyone in China
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All of Jimmy Kimmel’s lines transcribed from the video by me
“kill everyone in China? okay that’s an interesting idea…again.”
“you’re saying build a wall in China? a huge big great kind of a wall?”... 阅读全帖 |
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w****n
发帖数: 25644 | 4 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: beijingren (to thine own self be true), 信区: Military
标 题: 美国两党制不是民主vs共和，而是政府vs人民
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Aug 15 09:27:43 2015, 美东)
"The two-party system is not Democrats versus Republicans. It’s government
versus the people. And the government is a fascist system controlled by the
corporations on behalf of the corporations. The people’s voting just
provides the system with a sense of legitimacy."
Are we witnessing another collapse of the party system?
by Bob Livingston... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 5 Dexter Roberts and Pete Engardio, The China Hype; Despite an impressive
rebound, an innovation shortfall may hobble sustainable growth. BusinessWeek
, Nov. 2, 2009 (title and date on the cover)
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_44/b4153036870077.htm
Note:
(a) zilch (n; origin unknown): zero
(b) Guangzhou's Devotion
(c) The adjective "tired" in the phrase "tired growth formula" is defined as
"devoid of freshness or originality: HACKNEYED ." Webster (3rd
ed., 1961)
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 8 (1) Gady Epstein, The China Bubble; China's economy is humming along in high
gear, thanks to a fast-growing pile of dicey debt. Such booms tend to end
badly. Forbes, Dec. 28, 2009 (cover date).
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/1228/economy-ponzi-debt-peking-china-bubble.html
Note:
(a) English definitions from Webster (3rd ed, 1961):
(i) to foist (vt): "to force another to accept esp. by stealth or deceit"
(ii) backstop
(vt): "to serve as a backstop to"
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 11 Taiwanese democracy l Half a cheer for China; Taiwan’s voters are inching
towards a kind of closer union with the mainland. Economist, Dec. 2, 2010.
http://www.economist.com/node/17633319?story_id=17633319
Note: The adverb "clean" in the sentence"A man from the crowd shot the young
Mr Lien clean through the face":
"without qualification: THOROUGH, ENTIRELY, COMPLETELY
head>: all the way "
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s**********t
发帖数: 1846 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 WaterWorld 讨论区 】
标 题: 有枪不是万能的，没枪是万万不能的！
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Feb 13 15:23:13 2014, 美东)
没枪的话，连17美元都很难搞到啊。现在有枪了，挣点钱好容易的。
警方已掌握在奥克兰枪杀华裔网络工程师康京宏（Jing Hong Kang，前译康景洪）的嫌
犯录影，准备本周向媒体公布。
现年45岁的康京宏周日晚间11时30分，与一名女牙医从奥克兰Webster街1900号的
牙科诊所出来后，遇劫幷被枪杀。奥克兰警方探员透露，目前掌握了一男一女，两名非
裔的录影，相信两人就是抢劫并杀害康京宏的凶犯。
《侨报》记者独家消息来源X透露，案件中的女牙医是诊所创建人黄女士，SK与黄
女士是伯克利一间基督教教会的教友，相识多年。黄女士是一位单亲母亲，2004年开设
了这间诊所，后来陆续来了两位合作伙伴，目前诊所内包括她在内的三位牙医都是华人
。
在SK眼中，黄女士坚强独立、善良热情，积极参加教会活动，比较活跃，认识她
的华人不少。以前经济状况不好，曾在奥克兰居住，后来在东湾另外一座城市买房定居
。SK指，黄女... 阅读全帖 |
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D*V
发帖数: 3096 | 13 【 以下文字转载自 SanFrancisco 讨论区 】
发信人: ant (be tough), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: Re: 白宫情愿(JK Petition)之数据技术分析-1. cities
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Nov 8 13:58:26 2013, 美东)
一个人战斗的汉子或妹子
1 Zebulon, GA
2155 1 Yukon, OK
2156 1 Yorktown, IN
2157 1 Yellow Springs, OH
2158 1 Wyoming, MN
2159 1 Wykagyl, NY
2160 1 Worth, IL
2161 1 Woodway, TX
2162 1 Woodstock, GA
2163 1 Woods Hole, MA
2164 1 Woodcliff Lake, NJ
2165 1 Woodbridge, CA
2166 1 Woodbine, NJ
2167 1 Woodbine, MD
2168 1 Wise, VA
2169 1 Wisconsin Dells, WI
2170 1 ... 阅读全帖 |
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m***s
发帖数: 1094 | 14 In an interview airing Sunday, ABC News' George Stephanopoulos pressed the
president on his plan to require people to purchase health insurance.
By Kimberly Schwandt
Sunday, September 20, 2009
President Obama and ABC News' George Stephanopoulos got in a testy sparring
match Sunday over whether the president's health care plan includes a tax
increase, leading the host to look up the Merriam-Webster dictionary
definition of taxes.
In the interview airing Sunday, Stephanopoulos pressed the preside |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 16 Martha Schwendener, When Stoic Samurai Faced the Camera. New York Times, Aug
. 27, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/arts/design/27samurai.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=samurai&st=cse
Note:
(a) In Webster dictionary (3rd ed. 1961), the plural form of "samurai" can
be "samurai" or "samurais." The former is the case in this NYT report.
(b) Tokugawa Shogunate 徳川幕府
(c) fraternize (vi): "1: to associate or mingle as brothers or on fraternal
terms
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发帖数: 2069 | 17 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/02/races-watch-east-coast-closings-indicate-national-trend/
Kentucky and Indiana are the first polls to close Tuesday on Election Night,
followed by four states with competitive races that could provide a first
glimpse at whether Republicans will take over the House -- and if the new
majority will have swept in on a wave or a trickle.
Republicans need 39 seats to gain a majority, but those in the predictions
racket have been estimating somewhere between th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10233 | 19 In a story ignored by the national media, in April a Tunica County, Miss.,
jury convicted NAACP official Lessadolla Sowers on 10 counts of fraudulently
casting absentee ballots. Sowers is identified on an NAACP website as a
member of the Tunica County NAACP Executive Committee.
Sowers received a five-year prison term for each of the 10 counts, but
Circuit Court Judge Charles Webster permitted Sowers to serve those terms
concurrently, according to the Tunica Times, the only media outlet to cover
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 20 David and Charles Koch have been the targets of a campaign of vituperation
and assault, choreographed from the very top.
By THEODORE B. OLSON
How would you feel if aides to the president of the United States singled
you out by name for attack, and if you were featured prominently in the
president's re-election campaign as an enemy of the people?
What would you do if the White House engaged in derogatory speculative
innuendo about the integrity of your tax returns? Suppose also that the
president... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 21 State and local governments are broke. Pension plans are unfunded.
Unemployment is as high as ever. Sovereign debt is a problem. The total debt
in the world economy is too high. Entire western world has borrowed
excessive amounts in the last few decades. This is not just the money owed
by governments, but it is the money people and companies borrowed from the
banks. Debt has reached an all time high compared to the GDP of the
countries involved. Perfect storm is coming. Austerity and spending cu... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 22
根据评论家Per Gudmundson的估计, 瑞典至少有1,500名伊斯兰极端分子、其中100~
200人与恐怖袭击有关联。过去两年间, 该国有30多名索马里裔加入了al-Shabaab(基地
组织索马里分支); 2010年12月, 斯德哥尔摩遭受两起爆炸袭击。
在瑞典第3大城市Malmo, 穆斯林人口疯涨, 比重已占1/4; 犹太社区的规模只有20年前
的一半、不断受到恐吓。当CBN(Christian Broadcasting Network)前去作专访时, 没
有一个犹太领袖敢上镜, 大屠杀幸存者Judith Popinski说“中东的仇恨已经来到了马
尔墨”。
在Rosengard的穆斯林聚居区, 70%成年男性无业, 暴力犯罪已经完全失控; 公职人员进
入这个区域全都要武警保护。
北欧的“伊斯兰学校”也是一大毒瘤。09年六月, 挪威的一个伊玛目(Imam)被警方逮捕
, 他用藤条打学生(6~12岁的)、还拧耳朵; 这种暴行自02年就开始了, 在清真寺里他更
是肆无忌惮。政府执法人员怀疑其它Imam也在虐打儿童, 这个问题不仅存在于北欧, 英
国有记者潜伏于伯明翰的宗教学... 阅读全帖 |
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b*******r
发帖数: 878 | 23 有来无往非礼也，你既然喜欢装B，那我就跟你玩玩。这是myth在webster上的解释，如
果你读不懂的话我可以给你解释。
套用你的文风，我也回赠一句：左棍們除了用屁股思考，罔顾事实，胡扯八道以外，还
会什么。投奥巴马的人（看cnn的那些人大部分都是: 腦殘）平均智商比投罗姆尼的人
要低一大截子。不信，你去接上看你那些老墨老黑同胞就是了。
Definition of MYTH
1
a : a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves
to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief,
or natural phenomenon
b : parable, allegory
2
a : a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or
someone; especially : one embodying the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2410 | 24 【 以下文字转载自 GunsAndGears 讨论区 】
发信人: XeonR (Gun, Gold and Rose), 信区: GunsAndGears
标 题: 号称禁枪最安全，有人设 Trap 伏击了消防员
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Dec 24 21:38:22 2012, 美东)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/nyregion/2-firefighters-kille
The police said they found Mr. Spengler with three weapons by his side,
including the rifle used in the shootings. Authorities said that they did
not know where he got the weapons, but that there had been recent gun thefts
in Monroe County, where Webster is.
正所谓禁枪，不禁坏人，好人倒霉，
痢薄肉可以... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24893 | 25 From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648
To: America
Subj: Last resort
Regarding CF# 07-004281
I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from
media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and
have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are
saying to yourself that this is completely out of character of the man you
knew who always wore a smile wherever he was seen. I know I will be vilified
by the LAPD and the media. Unfor... 阅读全帖 |
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x******k
发帖数: 847 | 26 http://www.infowars.com/boy-stops-murder-plot-with-gun-national
3/8/2013. A Texas boy who watched his sister and mother being
raped during a home invasion by two men who later abandoned a plan to murder
the three victims was able to grab a handgun and send the two individuals
fleeing.
“The incident began about 4:30 a.m. when two men entered the home and held
three residents hostage. During the home invasion, police accused one man,
described only as white, of sexually assaulting two women,” repo... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 27 Time Magazine Endorses 'Polyandry'
'It Makes Economic Sense for a Woman to Have More Than One Husband.'
8:22 AM, Jan 20, 2014 • By DANIEL HALPER
In an article published a couple days ago, Time magazine endorses "Polyandry
," which Merriam-Webster defines as "the state or practice of having more
than one husband or male mate at one time."
"It Makes Economic Sense for a Woman to Have More Than One Husband," reads
the article's headline. The sub-headline reads, "By pooling male resources,
pol... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 28 Former NBA player and TNT broadcaster Charles Barkley appeared on CNN Friday
afternoon to discuss Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman's post-
game rant. According to Barkley, "thug" and "street cred" are racial slurs
for people who are afraid to us the "n-word"...
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下面的comments很有趣:
D.I.
• 3 hours ago
What about 'oaf' and 'loser'? 'Ruffian', 'hooligan', and 'bandit' are
definitely racist. Cracker, peckerwood and redneck are not. 'Am', 'are', 'is
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发帖数: 24893 | 29 【 以下文字转载自 WaterWorld 讨论区 】
发信人: StephenKing (金博士), 信区: WaterWorld
标 题: 有枪不是万能的，没枪是万万不能的！
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Feb 13 15:23:13 2014, 美东)
没枪的话，连17美元都很难搞到啊。现在有枪了，挣点钱好容易的。
警方已掌握在奥克兰枪杀华裔网络工程师康京宏（Jing Hong Kang，前译康景洪）的嫌
犯录影，准备本周向媒体公布。
现年45岁的康京宏周日晚间11时30分，与一名女牙医从奥克兰Webster街1900号的
牙科诊所出来后，遇劫幷被枪杀。奥克兰警方探员透露，目前掌握了一男一女，两名非
裔的录影，相信两人就是抢劫并杀害康京宏的凶犯。
《侨报》记者独家消息来源X透露，案件中的女牙医是诊所创建人黄女士，SK与黄
女士是伯克利一间基督教教会的教友，相识多年。黄女士是一位单亲母亲，2004年开设
了这间诊所，后来陆续来了两位合作伙伴，目前诊所内包括她在内的三位牙医都是华人
。
在SK眼中，黄女士坚强独立、善良热情，积极参加教会活动，比较活跃，认识她
的华人不少。... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7717 | 30 http://www.ijreview.com/2014/03/123469-students-field-trip-ever
"The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword;
because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force
superior to any band of regular troops."
- Noah Webster (Father of American Scholarship and Education) |
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发帖数: 151 | 31 《排华法案》（Chinese Exclusion Act）是美国于1882年5月6日签署的一项法
案。此法案将华人据之于美国之外达几十年之久。虽然该法案于1943年就被废止，但是
长期以来它却一直是《美国法典》的一部分。即便是今天，虽然它所有的部分都被废除
已久，但是《美国法典》第8篇第7章题名为“排除华人”（Exclusion of Chinese）。
它是第8篇（外国人和国籍）的15章里的唯一一个完全针对一个特定国籍或族群的章节。
Wikipedia 上面有详尽的描述http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8E%92%E5%8D%8E%E6%B3%95%E6%A1%88
这一屈辱性法案，一直都是华人心中挥之不去的阴影。
经过华人多年持续不懈的努力，2011 年10月7号在联邦参议院通过由参议员Feinstein
(加州，民主党）提出的致歉案（a），2012 年6月18日在联邦众议院通过由众议员Judy
Chu （赵美心，加州，蒙特利公园市，民主党）提出的致歉案（b）。两个致歉案，均
得到民主和共和两党的全面支持，在议员人数众多的... 阅读全帖 |
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x******k
发帖数: 847 | 32 O吧继续了布什绝大部分外交打仗，甚至还扩大了，内部政策也基本不变，国债到了18
万亿。。。换另一个克林顿会有大变化，哈哈，继续做梦吧
Hillary On The Record
- Despite repeated requests by Ambassador Stevens to provide more security
in Benghazi, Hillary Clinton failed to do so, withheld the truth and backed
UN Secretary Susan Rice’s claim that the attack killing Stevens and three
other Americans was due to a “YouTube video”. Hillary quoted during
testimony “What difference does it make?” Under the increasing pressure of
Benghazi questions, Hillary suddenly keeled... 阅读全帖 |
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T*********I
发帖数: 10729 | 33 伊利诺州军事哨所的1国民警卫队士兵意欲前往中东加入伊斯兰国（IS）极端组织，并
联合其表哥密谋攻击军事设施而双双遭到逮捕。
美国司法部周四表示，已逮捕1名密谋攻击伊利诺州军事哨所的国民警卫队下士哈桑&#
8231;埃德蒙兹（Hasan Edmonds）。哈桑今年22岁，周三晚上在芝加哥中途国际机场（
Chicago Midway International Airport）遭到逮捕，当时他正打算飞往开罗加入IS。
联邦调查局位于芝加哥的联合反恐特遣部队表示，位于伊利诺州奥罗拉（Aurora），哈
桑29岁的表哥乔纳斯‧埃德蒙兹（Jonas Edmonds）也在家中遭到逮捕。
两兄弟告诉卧底的FBI探员，他们计划武装功击哈桑接受训练的位于伊利诺州北边的美
军军事设施，
根据法院的纪录，1卧底的FBI探员在2014年底要求加入两兄弟的脸书成为好友，今年一
月，两兄弟透露一系列讯息给卧底探员，哈桑也讨论跟表哥前往海外加入IS极端份子。
哈桑打算以他受到的军事训练为IS效力。
哈桑脸书的讯息还透露，他跟表哥不是在海外发动恐攻，就是将战争的火焰带回美国。
哈桑的表哥乔纳斯告诉卧底探员... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3877 | 34 共和党全国委员会主席Reince Priebus，在Twitter上发文表态倾向于支持Trump。
原文是：
DonaldTrump will be presumptive GOP nominee, we all need to unite and focus
on defeating Hillary Clinton.
查了一下merriam-webster在线字典，对“presumption”的解释是：
a belief that something is true even though it has not been proved
law : an act of accepting that something is true until it is proved not true
这虽然不是官方结论，但无论如何，共和党主席的这个表态，表明了共和党高层目前对
待Trump的态度，无疑为Trump最终胜选，铺平了道路，同时也为接下来的GE赢得了党内
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j*****v
发帖数: 7717 | 36 发春，来来来，曲解一下
"A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined..."
- George Washington, First Annual Address, to both House of Congress,
January 8, 1790
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
- Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776
"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787
"What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from
time to time that their people preser... 阅读全帖 |
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t******r
发帖数: 8600 | 37 Assistant Attorney General Webster Hubbell said on July 20th, 1993 as cited
by Esquire Magazine in November 1993: “Don’t believe a word you hear. It
was not suicide. It couldn’t have been.” |
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a*******l
发帖数: 15032 | 38 也没说who is Webster Hubbell.
已经够留面子了。 |
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k**k
发帖数: 214 | 39 Webster Hubbell, the former Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas |
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发帖数: 1 | 40 她的嘴巴越看越像Webster Hubbell |
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a*****1
发帖数: 3817 | 43 自己去看美国宪法
United States Constitution
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Jump to: navigation, search
United States Constitution
Constitution of the United States, page 1.jpg
Page one of the original copy of the Constitution
Created
September 17, 1787
Ratified
June 21, 1788
Date effective
March 4, 1789; 227 years ago
Location
National Archives,
Washington, D.C.
Author(s)
Philadelphia Convention
Signatories
39 of the 55 delegates
Purpose
To replace the Articles of Confederation (177... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****1
发帖数: 3817 | 44 自己去看美国宪法
United States Constitution
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
United States Constitution
Constitution of the United States, page 1.jpg
Page one of the original copy of the Constitution
Created
September 17, 1787
Ratified
June 21, 1788
Date effective
March 4, 1789; 227 years ago
Location
National Archives,
Washington, D.C.
Author(s)
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Signatories
39 of the 55 delegates
Purpose
To replace the Articles of Confederation (177... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3817 | 45 A Maryland blogger has been forced to pay a “substantial sum” to Melania
Trump as part of a settlement for a defamation lawsuit over an article
containing unsubstantiated claims that the first lady once worked as an
escort, her lawyers announced Tuesday.
“I posted an article on August 2, 2016 about Melania Trump that was replete
with false and defamatory statements about her,” Webster Tarpley, the 71-
year-old blogger, said in a statement by Trump’s attorneys, according to
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发帖数: 1 | 46 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: hstlqamd (British Robot), 信区: Military
标 题: 美第一夫人再次控告称她曾“伴游”的英报纸
关键字: 美国,第一夫人,再次,控告,英报纸
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Feb 23 08:24:40 2017, 美东)
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-39061229
美第一夫人再次控告称她曾“伴游”的英报纸
8小时前
AP
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美国第一夫人梅拉尼娅‧特朗普先前的职业是模特儿。
美国第一夫人梅拉尼娅‧特朗普再次控告《每日邮报》涉嫌毁谤。
第二次提告时，梅拉尼娅了撤销诉状中提到该报道让她错过“一生中一次为她品牌带来
获利的机会”的控诉。
梅拉尼娅第一次提告时，批评者质疑她是有意要藉第一夫人的身份来赚钱。
《每日邮报》的报道暗示梅拉尼娅曾经担任伴游，但文章后来被撤掉。
梅拉尼娅仍要求1.5亿美元的赔偿。
原本的诉状写到梅拉尼娅“有独特的、一生一次的机会来推出她多样化的品牌，为她带
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发帖数: 3963 | 48 On Google
fascism: an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government
and social organization.
On Merriam-Webster
fascism: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the
Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that
stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial
leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression
of opposition |
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发帖数: 3963 | 49 Definition of loyal, merriam-webster.com
unswerving in allegiance: such as
a : faithful in allegiance to one's lawful sovereign or government were
loyal to the king
b : faithful to a private person to whom faithfulness is due a loyal
husband
c : faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution, or product a loyal
churchgoer |
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发帖数: 23033 | 50 尼玛，webster网站都爆了，都是查dotard的。你丫认为是查rocketman的？ |
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